We’re told he was there to intimidate Republican lobbyists who would like to stay on good terms with the Administration, and we have no reason to doubt this explanation given ever growing list of other threat and intimidation stories coming out of the Statehouse.

You won, Johnny. The race is over. You’re the Governor of the State of Ohio. Maybe try acting like it once in a-fucking-while.

Wow…..Kasich really doesn’t know how to play in the sandbox, does he? Taft was always a nice guy, he just wasn’t meant to be a politician. But the one thing he did have was class, and he proved it again by attending the portrait unveiling. The Taft/Strickland campaign brought some heated rhetoric, but Taft knew it wasn’t personal.

Not to be too pedantic, but there never was a Taft/Strickland campaign. Taft was, however, a punching bag that helped the Ds sweep into office. But Strickland didn’t unseat Taft, which might explain his attendance at the event (and his general class as a person).

We don’t blame you. Ken Blackwell is quite forgettable.

Anonymous

That’s bullshit. Perhaps nothing he can share publicly because the people who have been fired (or not hired) as a result of Kasich lackey intimidation won’t go on the record for fear of never getting another job or losing the clients they have. I’ve heard all the same stories. Maybe after the budget has passed, more people will be talking, but right now nobody wants to risk losing their already-tenuous funding if they are an interest group, or their jobs if they are lucky enough to have gotten another one.

I’ll leave you with a quote from our dear Governor: “get on the bus or the bus will run you over.”

Anonymous

Pardon my ignorance, but how can Klaffky continue to work as a full time lobbyist, and yet work for Kasich? Is Klaffky a member of the Kasich staff? I just checked over at the Online Lobbyist Filings over at the OLAC (http://www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/olac/Reports/ExecutiveInitialsSearch.aspx), and since the beginning of this Kasich administration, Klaffky has had over 20 interactions with the governor/staff in his capacity as a lobbyist, and 15 meetings w/legislators.